Lion Nathan Ltd., the Australian brewer of Tooheys and Hahn beers, said Monday its biggest shareholder, Japan’s Kirin Holdings Co., has agreed to buy the 54 percent of Lion it does not already own.

Lion Nathan Ltd., the Australian brewer of Tooheys and Hahn beers, said Thursday its biggest shareholder, Japan’s Kirin Holdings Co., has offered to buy the 54 percent of Lion it doesn’t already own.

A lioness was fatally shot after breaking out of its enclosure at an Australian zoo and forcing visitors to hide in nearby buildings, a zoo official said Wednesday.

Authorities are investigating the mauling of a man by a lion at an animal refuge in western Kansas, but no charges are expected to be filed.

Noruwa Agho scored 20 points and Jason Miller added 19 points and Columbia defeated Dartmouth 65-52 on Friday night for the Lions’ fourth win in five games.

Federal authorities say there is no evidence people had a hand in the deaths of six sea lions found in a Columbia River trap in May.

A gardner detained along with more than a dozen members of an alleged drug trafficking ring testified that police threatened him to feed him to lions and tigers during a raid at a Mexico City mansion, a newspaper reported Friday.

It’s taken two and a half centuries but Columbia College, one of the oldest in the nation, finally will have a president who will be the first Columbia graduate to occupy the Oval Office.

It’s taken two and a half centuries but Columbia College, one of the oldest in the nation, finally will have a president who will be the first Columbia-degree holder to occupy the Oval Office.

Australian brewer Lion Nathan Ltd. offered Monday to buy soft-drinks maker Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. for 7.6 billion Australian dollars ($4.9 billion), a deal that would create the nation’s largest beverage company.